Clamping-device.



F. MYERS. CLAMPING DEUCE. APPLICAHON FILED JUNE 16. 1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918. I

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FORD MYERS, OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA.

CLAMPING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Application filed June 16, 1917. Serial No. 175,172.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fonn IVIYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mishawaka, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clamping Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to resilient wire clasps and more particularly to means for securely fastening a hair cloth about the neck of a person so that it will be prevented from slipping out of place while the hair of such persons head is being trimmed.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a clasp of this character which may be formed of a single strip of resilient material and which may easily be fastened to or detached from the hair cloth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clasp which may be used for various purposes and which has associated therewith weight means for preventing dislodgment of the clasp from the article to which it may be attached.

lVith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel details of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully referred to and described in the specification and pointed out in the drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a plan of the improved clasp,

Fig. 2, side view thereof; and

Fig. 3, a plan view of a modification of the clasp.

Referring with more particularity to the several views of drawings, it will be noticed that the clasp is formed from a single strand of wire, bent so as to provide substantially parallel arms 1 and 2, diverging slightly at their opposite ends as shown. At their upper ends the arms 1 and 2 are bent, as indicated at 3 and are respectively provided with loops 4; the portions 5 of the wire forming such loops being continued downwardly to form a tongue 6 on one side of the arms 1 and 2, the tongue having an outwardly curved end 7 intermediate the extremities of the arms 1 and 2, as will be seen to advantage in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Otherwise the tongue stands in one plane as best seen in Fig. 2, and practically in the same plane stand the lower portions of the arms 1 and 2. At about their midlength they are deflected slightly to the rear at the point 8 and their upper portions 9 are bent out of said plane as will be seen in the same view. The parts are permitted to assume this which is their normal position by the forward bending of the lower end 7 of the tongue, which also serves the purpose of permitting articles to be inserted between this tongue and the bend 8. Above this point there is a space between the upper portion 9 of the arms and the tongue 6, into which space the hair cloth or other article is received. A weight 10 is carried at the lower extremities of the arms 1 and 2 and provides a handle whereby the clasp may be gripped between the thumb and forefinger of one hand. In addition to this, the weighted end tends to keep the upper clamping end of the device in place upon the article to which it may be attached and thus prevents casual dislodgment of the clasp therefrom.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of the same constituting a device of the construction above described, with the exception that the lower ends of the arms 1 and 2 instead of being engaged within the weight 10, are provided with inwardly turned terminal portions 11 having their ends 12 hooked or linked one within the other.

It will be readily understood that this clasp, while described as being particularly adapted for use in connection with a hair cloth, may also be employed for other purposes, such as a trouser-guard for bicycle riders; a towel holder, etc. In use the article to be fastened is caught between curved portions 9 of the arms 1 and 2 and the V shaped tongue 6, so that it is retained in the space therebetween, due to the pressure exerted thereagainst. The outwardly bent end 7 readily permits the cloth to be inserted, thus facilitating the attachment of the clasp to the article.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire by Letters Patent 1s:-

The herein described spring wire clasp comprising a pair of upright and substantially parallel arms whose lower portions stand in one plane and whose upper portions are deflected out of ahak plane and curvecl the upper ends 01 said arms bein bent apart and continuee into loops, the "WilGS from said loops ccnverging thence downward in a i-shaped tongue standing; Wholly in one plane and forward of the deflected portions of said arms, the lower end of said mngue being bent sharply forward Where the 21mm in presence of twe 'witnessee.

' FORD MYERS n N T T7 e URLLNE 1 Amen :r ELARGAPJET Mamas.

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